Daniel Goetz

Assistant Coach (Distance)

Daniel Goetz begins his first season as Cross Country and Track & Field Assistant Coach and Operations Coordinator at Lipscomb University.

Before coming to Lipscomb, Goetz served as an Assistant Coach at EastTennessee State University, working with the men's and women'sdistance runners. While at East Tennessee, both men's and women'steams improved significantly with the men finishing runner-up at theAtlantic Sun Cross Country Championship, as well as the Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships. In Outdoor Track Daniel helped guide the men to conference titles in the 1500m and 3000m Steeplechase.

In January 2011, he volunteered with the track and cross country teamsat the Universityof Tennessee while pursuing a master's in kinesiology with a doublefocus in biomechanics and exercise physiology. He taught activityclasses as a graduate teaching assistant in the Kinesiology departmentand observed the Tennessee track & field staff before becoming a partof the group in 2011.

A 2010 graduate of Bryan College in Dayton, Tenn., Goetz began hiscoaching career in 2010 as an assistant for the Lions' Cross Countryteam. He helped the men's squad post a seventh-place finish at theNAIA National Championships, the best in school history.

An all-state performer in cross country and track in his only seasonof participation as a senior at Chattanooga Christian School, Goetzwas the first recruit by the Bryan program in 2005. He qualified fourtimes for the NAIA Cross Country Championships and earned All-Americaacclaim in the mile in 2008 for a fourth-place finish on the oval.

Healso was rewarded for his work in the classroom, picking up NAIAAcademic All-America accolades in 2009 and 2010.